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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and overseas environmental crimes: How did we get here and what happens next?
… trafficking, and drug trafficking; and is destabilizing vulnerable coastal regions, such as West Africa, due to its … in transporting illegal timber, as well as endangered species, out of the country and across multiple borders.6 …
Perspectives and guidelines on food legislation, with a new model food law
… plant and animal pests and diseases, alien invasive species and genetically modified organisms. In a number of … the overall availability of food and improve the access of vulnerable individuals to food. It is therefore an important … in transition and small island states, some of which have vulnerable ecosystems, will benefit from a biosecurity …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… of land or water that harbour a characteristic set of species, communities, dynamics and environmental conditions, … all focus conservation action on those areas and on those species communities that harbour environmental values which … and sustainable development in this increasingly vulnerable forest persuaded various conservation NGOs in the …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… structures that cause women to predominate in the more vulnerable and insecure social and economic spheres and limit … longer droughts, more severe storms and flooding, species depletion, soil degradation, deforestation, and other … varying gender roles and responsibilities on how vulnerable and disadvantaged communities could be compensated …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… relationships through which natural ecosystems, and the species that make them up, sustain and fulfil human life.5 In … to other sources of livelihood, for poorer and more vulnerable sectors of the population and for women. As well … dryland farmers, represent some of the poorest and most vulnerable groups in the region. Reinundation measures have …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … Australia makes the covenants that protect them relatively vulnerable (Adams & Moon, 2013). The key bundle of rights for … areas and restrictions on visitation to protect highly vulnerable ecosystems), this is not a criterion for a …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 29. Number of fish species and sub-species in different wetlands in the … of extinction of populations that may otherwise become vulnerable to demographic and environmental stochastic … will identify priority areas for future activities, e.g. vulnerable habitats in undesignated areas or gaps in terms of …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… survival requires the existence of wild animal and plant species to hunt and gather for food and medicines, access to … on the IUCN list of endangered, seriously endangered, or vulnerable species.10 Mitigation and adaptation to climate … This poverty is caused by many factors such as arid and vulnerable natural land and soil conditions; remoteness from …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… has destroyed critical ecosystems, endangered certain species and displaced millions of people (WCD, 2000). In … be taken into account. As groundwater is a particularly vulnerable resource subject to over-exploitation, it must be … which farmers may be exposed to multiple pollutants. Vulnerable populations, such as children, pregnant women and …